This is getting a little ridiculous – another 30~80cm of new snow today, on top of the last two days of about the same…. needless to say the chore of snow clearing is a bit like a hamster in a wheel at the moment, and even the sliding is more like swimming, but hey it sure is an experience!

The epic cold front doesn’t look like giving up any time soon either – it’s still snowing outside now, and the forecast is for more heavy snow right through to next Friday. Temperatures look like staying cold and with moderate west north-westerly winds, conditions should be fantastic for the foreseeable future. This really is shaping up to be a season to remember!

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Another day of deep, deep snow in Myoko Kogen – 30~80cm of new snow on top of the huge dump yesterday! Powder boards and fat skis were the order of the day and only the truly adventurous got very far off piste but with powder turns to be had every where, everyone was all frozen smiles!

BELOW: Posing in front of ridiculous snow banks and car pillows is just a part of life in Myoko….

Unbelievably the forecast is for MORE heavy snow tonight, before a weekend of light snow and snow showers followed by MORE heavy snow Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday! This really is one hell of a cold front passing over Japan right now, I can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather be……

ABOVE: This much snow built up while we were eating lunch…..

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Well its been an amazing couple of days,the people in village are saying there has been at least 150 cm ,they are all out shoveling hard.I will try and post some pics when they come to hand,as they say no friends on a powder day and its just been too good to muck around with a camera.Andy has returned back to Australia so I will be trying to keep you all updated on conditions here in town.Cheers for now Rob

Ok well that will teach me for teasing the weather – it’s been another day of Myoko powder madness! With the first half of the day being taken up by clearing away the snow around Hotel Mumon, only the second half was left for riding but the conditions were epic to say the least. Up to 80cm fell across the Myoko resorts, and it was another case of ‘point and hope (no stopping!) sliding’ with endless faceshots to boot. To top it all off, the weather cleared for the last hour of the day making for some fantastic views as well. Needless to say, under the frozen neck warmer it was all smiles!

The cold weather and heavy snow don’t look like ending any time soon either – there is more heavy snow forecast tonight and tomorrow night as well as light to moderate snow through to the middle of next week. Time to soak away the sore powder legs in a nice hot Onsen and hit the hay in preparation for another day in a powder junkie’s paradise….

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Where’s the heavy snow? Oh well, with plenty of powder left over and light snow mixed with nice sunny weather today, who cares!

BELOW: Celebrating the unexpected great weather with friends at Tangram Ski Circus

The forecast is still for heavy snow tonight, although it’s not falling yet. Heavy snow warnings are all over the local Niigata news as well so with any luck some or all of it will fall in the mountains where we can use it rather than in the valleys where it is just in the way!

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It’s the return of a familiar sight here in Myoko – fresh snow blanketing the town and the resorts of a morning! Around 30cm fell in the village of Akakura Onsen and up to 70cm was reported in Seki Onsen where the base is back up over 5 meters!

The Japanese news is filled with reports of the ‘biggest cold snap of the season’ and there was 4cm of snow on the ground in Tokyo today! Heavy snow and avalanche danger warnings are out for the whole of Niigata with up to 80cm expected to fall tomorrow.

The snow is predicted to fall pretty much non-stop until the end of next weekend, with the heaviest dump coming tomorrow night. Conditions were already very nice today so it looks like a return to the bottomless Myoko powder we know and love!

Rider: Fi Photos: Tim

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The snow is falling again in the Myoko area! Light snow and light winds all day today, and there is quite a bit of fresh building up already, especially on the leeward slopes.

Looking ahead, snow showers and light snow are forecast for the next couple of days, with falls getting heavier towards Wednesday night when we are expecting a bigger dump of fresh goodness. Temperatures are looking nice and cold, with westerly winds blowing straight of Russia and providing one half of the snow equation. This system looks like hanging around for a while with moderate snow falls right through to next Sunday – should be plenty to bury the hard surface that has developed over the last week!

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It has been a partly cloudy day here in Myoko today, with temperatures getting a little above zero and soft conditions on piste.

The forecast is for 6cm tonight and colder temperatures tomorrow before heavier snow settles in from Tuesday night for the rest of the week. We’ve almost had a week without any real new snow to speak of which is unusual for January, but it looks like the powder is coming back!

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It’s been a cloudy day in Myoko today, with light snow showers falling throughout the day. The forecast is for about 10cm of snow tonight and light snow and snow showers to continue through to Tuesday afternoon. From then on the snow will get a bit heavier, with around 40cm predicted by the end of the week. Knowing Myoko that could easily be an underestimate, but either way it looks like we’ll be in for some more powder riding next week!

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Cloudy conditions with occasional light snow showers today, but not enough to really make an impact on the snow conditions. Fairly hard out on the slopes today with a bit of freeze-thaw action in effect.

The forecast is still teetering between rain and snow at village level for tomorrow night but either way it will be snowing higher up in the mountains. And there is quite a bit of snow on the horizon – light snow tomorrow night, moderate snow Saturday night and then light to moderate snow from Tuesday night right through to the end of the forecast.

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